MINISTERS IN TARANAKI.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1714, 3 April 1913, Page 5

MINISTERS IN TARANAKI.

0 THE VITAL QUESTION OF LAND SETTLEMENT. .. ' . i .. . / r '.'. v Telegraph.—Presg Association.) •. . Eltham, April 2. ■ The Hon. ,Wv,F. Mas?cy and the Hon. ; WJ l'Vus&r are on . a visit to Eltham and •; district. They by the moil train last evening -and later .received deputations. Subsequently l they . wero ..given a lieavty public lXKieptiou - at: a social and .. (lomoe. Mr'. Massey, in. an- address referred to the prosperity of Taranakiin.particular and New Zealand ias a whole. Ho ; " had lipea, in office-nine months, but was ... handicapped byi lack .of money. They .. ..lioped to do much,better in the future, .particularly in regard to. the vital questioned 1 land settlcniont. -, Ninoty thousand acres would be opened up in Tarauaki .shortly. i' ' ■ ■ , ■■■•Mr, Massey.anil-Mr!.Eraser, accompanied. by Messrs.: GV. A; Wilkiiison and G. V. Pearce, M.P/s, .mofcoredthis morning : .as. far as Omoana. , They met soveral de- ; -putations, who mido requests for tho / opening np of forest reserves, telephones, andincreased mail. services. :i Tho Jfinis- , tars expressed pleasures at. meeting 'representatives of tha back-blocks districts, and also expressed sympathy with the . quests, and promised" favourable consider- . atioa as far'as funds,.v/onld peimit when allocations were being made. . ThV party returned _to Eltham 1 in; iho. afternoon. They .visited the box, bacon, and cheeso , factories, and attended a garden party at, Mr. Wilkinson's, a large number :beSP. present. Later they proceeded . to Stratford, wh?ra they were banqueted during the ever.ing. . .